Reed Hastings

I don’t want to see a single DVD in my house ever again. I want to burn them all.

We’re competing with sleep, on the margin.

The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.

We’re trying to make the internet like the human brain—constantly learning.

I don’t believe in work-life balance. I believe in work-life harmony.

The best CEOs are like gardeners—they prune, they water, they nurture.

We don’t track hours worked. We track results.

Chaos is our friend.

The internet is like a giant brain, and we’re just one neuron in it.

Sleep is my greatest enemy.

Most people optimize for not getting fired. We optimize for innovation.

Adequate performance gets a generous severance package.

We're not like a family. We're like a professional sports team. We're trying to win, and to win, you have to have the best players.

The hardest part of being a CEO is to fire people.

We want to be the best in the world at something, not just good at a lot of things.

We don’t care what you do from 9 to 5, we care what you get done.

We are a company that has a lot of people that are highly paid, and we expect a lot from them. And if they don't perform, then we let them go.

We’re really good at taking risks. Most companies are risk-averse. We’re risk-seeking.

It’s very important for us to be seen as a company that’s willing to take big bets.

We don't have a lot of rules. We have a lot of principles.